Photo: Land of the $95 Christmas tree

By JANE GEORGE

Nutrition North subsidies don’t help retailers offset the high cost of flying real Christmas trees to Iqaluit, located far from the nearest fir tree. The air cargo costs mean this Christmas tree at Arctic Ventures in Iqaluit is decorated with a price tag of $95, at least double what you would pay for a similar tree in the South. (PHOTO BY JANE GEORGE)